{"id":174729,"date":"2025-08-17T22:03:03","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T21:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/pdp-rejects-babura-garki-by-election-results-alleges-fraud"},"modified":"2025-08-17T23:14:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T22:14:16","slug":"pdp-rejects-babura-garki-by-election-results-alleges-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/pdp-rejects-babura-garki-by-election-results-alleges-fraud","title":{"rendered":"PDP Rejects Babura\/Garki By-Election Results Alleges Fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Jigawa State has formally rejected the results of the recently concluded by-election in the Babura\/Garki Federal Constituency, citing alleged irregularities and electoral malpractice.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement signed by the PDP State Publicity Secretary, Umar Kyari Jitau Madamuwa, the party condemned the conduct of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), which declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the election.<\/p>\n<p>The PDP claimed that the ruling APC manipulated the process by leveraging state resources, engaging in widespread vote buying, and intimidating voters throughout the election period. According to the statement, these actions compromised the integrity of the electoral process and robbed the PDP of a mandate freely given to it by the people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have carefully studied the preparations, conduct, and execution of the by-election, and we have come to the conclusion that the process was flawed and heavily compromised,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n<p>The party urged its supporters and all lovers of democracy across the state to remain calm and law-abiding as it explores all legal and political avenues to challenge the outcome and reclaim what it described as its \u201cstolen mandate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Babura\/Garki by-election was held last Saturday following the vacancy created in the federal constituency. INEC has yet to respond to the PDP\u2019s claims.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Jigawa State has formally rejected the results of the recently concluded by-election in the Babura\/Garki Federal Constituency, citing alleged irregularities and electoral malpractice. In a statement signed by the PDP State Publicity Secretary, Umar Kyari Jitau Madamuwa, the party condemned the conduct of the Independent National [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":174728,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,16],"tags":[708,254,65],"class_list":["post-174729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","tag-jigawa","tag-nigeria","tag-pdp"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>PDP Rejects Babura\/Garki By-Election Results Alleges Fraud - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Jigawa State has formally rejected the results of the recently concluded by-electi ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/pdp-rejects-babura-garki-by-election-results-alleges-fraud\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PDP Rejects Babura\/Garki By-Election Results Alleges Fraud\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Jigawa State has formally rejected the results of the recently concluded by-electi ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/pdp-rejects-babura-garki-by-election-results-alleges-fraud\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-17T21:03:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-17T22:14:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1755456404.448236.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/pdp-rejects-babura-garki-by-election-results-alleges-fraud#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/pdp-rejects-babura-garki-by-election-results-alleges-fraud\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"PDP Rejects Babura\/Garki By-Election Results Alleges Fraud\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-17T21:03:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-17T22:14:16+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/pdp-rejects-babura-garki-by-election-results-alleges-fraud\"},\"wordCount\":240,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/pdp-rejects-babura-garki-by-election-results-alleges-fraud#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1755456404.448236.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Jigawa\",\"Nigeria\",\"PDP\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/pdp-rejects-babura-garki-by-election-results-alleges-fraud#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/pdp-rejects-babura-garki-by-election-results-alleges-fraud\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/pdp-rejects-babura-garki-by-election-results-alleges-fraud\",\"name\":\"PDP Rejects Babura\/Garki By-Election Results Alleges Fraud - 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